In this photo taken March 15, 2011, Iditarod musher Peter Kaiser, from Bethel, Alaska, races from Safety to the Nome, Alaska finish line of the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
In this photo taken March 15, 2011, Iditarod musher Peter Kaiser, from Bethel, Alaska, races from Safety to the Nome, Alaska finish line of the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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Iditarod 2011 - Nome
Musher John Baker pets his lead dogs Snickers and Velvet after winning the the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 in Nome, Alaska. Baker, 48, of Kotzebue, Alaska, is the first Alaska Native musher to win the world s longest sled dog race since Jerry Riley did it in 1976. Baker also shattered exactly by three hours the race record held by four-time champion Martin Buser, who completed the 2002 race in eight days 22 hours 46 minutes. Baker completed the race in eight days 18 hours 46 minutes. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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Iditarod 2011 - White Mountain
Naomi Oxereok, 4 years old, has her T-shirt signed by Iditarod musher John Baker after he arrived at the White Mountain, Alaska, checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Monday, March 14, 2011. (AP Photo/BOB HALLINEN/Anchorage Daily News)
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Iditarod 2011 - Unalakleet 2
Iditarod musher Mike Williams Jr., from Akiak, Alaska cross from Kaltag to the Unalakleet, Alaska checkpoint amid blowing snow during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Sunday, March 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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Iditarod drops notoriously tough section of trail
Here's a look at the Happy River Steps from a musher's perspective. Aliy Zirkle took a camera on the trail in 2010, a year of very deep snow in the Alaska Range. She called the 2010 descent "a pie...
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    • Iditarod 2011 - Unalakleet
    Iditarod musher Lance Mackey, from Fairbanks, Alaska, crosses from Kaltag to the Unalakleet, Alaska, checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Sunday morning, March 13, 2011. (AP Photo/BOB HALLINEN / Anchorage Daily News)
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    Iditarod 2011 - Kaltag
    Three Iditarod mushers head up the Yukon River towards the Kaltag checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Saturday, March, 12, 2011, in Kaltag, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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    Iditarod 2011 - Anvik
    Iditarod musher John Baker, from Kotzebue, AK drives his team along the Yukon River after leaving the Anvik checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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    Iditarod 2011 - Takotna 2
    The aurora borealis, or northern lights, fill the sky above the Takotna, Alaska checkpoint as Karin Hendrickson s dogs rest during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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    Iditarod 2011 - Takotna
    An Iditarod musher s team moves on the way into the McGrath, Alaska checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday afternoon March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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    Iditarod 2011 - Nikolai 3
    As the sun comes up over the South Fork of the Kuskokwim River at the Nikolai, Alaska checkpoint, musher Wattie McDonald of Scotland, team rests during the 2011 Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The next leg of the trail to Nome is a remote area with checkpoints at the ghost town of Ophir, 328 miles from the start, and the abandoned mining town of Iditarod, 405 miles from Willow. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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    Iditarod 2011 - Nikolai 2
    Cim Smyth from Big Lake, Alaska, comes into the Nikolai, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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    Iditarod 2011 - Nikolai
    Mike Williams Jr. looks to park his team as he arrives at the Nikolai, Alaska checkpoint, Tuesday, March 8, 2011 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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